Trend Flash is one of the exclusive benefits of being a Member of The Trend Curve’s subscriber family. Kim Cook, Editorial Correspondent, has been in New York for Wanted Design. Her top trends are below:
Color
- Mineral hues sent color in a sophisticated direction
- Ditto for woodsy types
- Organic greens—forest, grass, seaweed, sprout—dug in
- Yellow’s influence on brown made strides: butterscotch/caramel/toffee
- Carmine red got noticed
- It wasn’t Gen-Z chrome that rose, but mustard
- Deep teals and peacock colors persisted
Materials and Textures
- Concrete was everywhere: thrown, molded and scraped
- Unrefined clays and volcanic-type materials heralded a “raw” trend
- The market couldn’t get enough of copper
- Unexpected materials and applications made knits and weaves newly compelling
- Felt and wool were woven, manipulated into seating/lighting
- Blackened steel, bronze across all décor categories, in both slim and heftier profiles
- Whether blonde, dramatically dark or painted, woods had matte finishes
Icons and Patterns
- Ripples and waves suggested moments caught in time
- Tribal designs held strong, interpreted literally or tweaked for modernity
- Marbleized/cellular/organic degradation motifs joined subtle nature patterns
- Lighting continued to benefit from LED innovation, e.g., sandwiched between etched acrylic panels
- LEDs, furniture with power sources blended ergonomics and connectivity as part of the ‘loungework’ ‘reso-mercial’ trend (We Work model)
- Connectivity 2.0: cords were oversized/obvious (braided, colored) or flat profile/hidden